Last Updated: August 10th 2018

General

The SchoolAlerts.ie service is provided by Pin Point Alerts Limited (Registered in Ireland, ref. #488766). Participation in the SchoolAlerts.ie service is governed by these terms and conditions. These terms and conditions are important and protect you and us. Please take the time to read the terms and conditions carefully. If you have any questions about the terms and conditions, please email SchoolAlerts.ie at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Interpretation

"Applicable Laws" means any law, statute, regulation, order, judgement, decision, recommendation, rule, policy or guideline passed or issued by government or any competent court or authority in relation to the subject matter of these Terms and Conditions.

“SchoolAlerts.ie System” means the website, data, processes, functions and all related components of the SchoolAlerts.ie System

“Registered User” means you, being the person (parent) or school that uses the SchoolAlerts.ie System.

"Website" means the www.schoolalerts.ie website and any other websites or microsites, generated by the Company through which Registered Users are invited to use; and "You" or "you" or "Your" or "your" means the Registered User.

Acknowledgement and acceptance

This Agreement ("the Agreement") outlines the terms and conditions governing your participation in the SchoolAlerts.ie System and it is your responsibility to read and understand them. Through enrolling and/or using the SchoolAlerts.ie System you become a member of the SchoolAlerts.ie System ("Member") and you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions. Participation in the SchoolAlerts.ie System is offered at the sole discretion of Pin Point Alerts Limited who own and operate SchoolAlerts.ie (hereinafter referred to as "SchoolAlerts.ie").

SchoolAlerts.ie reserves the right at any time and from time to time, to modify or amend this Agreement and/or any part thereof. Registered Users understand and acknowledge that most recent version of this Agreement will be located on the SchoolAlerts.ie website at the terms and conditions area (available on registration screen or website footer area). Registered Users non-termination or continued use of the SchoolAlerts.ie System constitutes an affirmative acknowledgement by the Member of any modification to this Agreement and consent to be bound by its terms. A Member (Parent or School) may terminate his/her Registered Users account at any time if they do not agree with the terms of this Agreement.

SchoolAlerts.ie ’s privacy promise

It is SchoolAlerts.ie's policy and promise to respect the privacy of its Registered Users. SchoolAlerts has “privacy by design” included at all stages of the process, from technical development of the service to unsubscribe requests by Registered Users. A dedicated Privacy Statement and details of Data Protection policies for SchoolAlerts.ie is available at www.schoolalerts.ie/privacy and you are strongly encouraged to read this statement to check exactly what types of Personally Identifiable Information (“PII”) is collected, stored and processed by SchoolAlerts.ie.

We may aggregate your data for disclosure with our clients and potential clients for promotion and marketing purposes. By way of example, we may disclose to a potential client (i.e. school) the number of Registered Schools using the system as a marketing tool, but in such an event we undertake to ensure that no such data could ever be used to personally identify you.

We cannot ensure that private communication and other identifiable personal data will never be disclosed in ways not described in this section. By way of example (without limiting the foregoing) we may be forced to disclose the data to a government agency lawfully requesting the same or to any court acting in pursuance of its powers. We reserve the right to and you hereby agree to allow us to disclose any information about you to law enforcement, government officials or to any court or court officials as we in our sole discretion believed necessary or appropriate.

You are responsible for keeping your password confidential and for all activities that occur under your password or account. Please let SchoolAlerts.ie know of any unauthorised use of your password, or any other breach of security. We will clearly state why we are collecting personal information and how it will be used. At your request we will allow you inspect and edit any personal data relating to you.

As a parent, by joining the SchoolAlerts.ie System you agree to allow SchoolAlerts.ie to communicate with you through various channels such as email, SMS text messages and app notifications through our channel partners regarding alerts and notifications. SchoolAlerts.ie will always use this communication method responsibly.

Terms of participation

Registration to the SchoolAlerts.ie System is free for all parents to register. However they must be linked to a school that uses the system. Otherwise their mobile number will not be allowed register on the system. Schools, on the other hand, can register for a trial account but to avail of the service in a live capacity they mist pay an annual subscription fee.

The SchoolAlerts.ie System is for the use of residents of Ireland. A valid Irish mobile number (+353) is required to register for the service. Each SchoolAlerts.ie parent account must only be accessed by the Account Holder, and may not be accessed by any other user, without the express permission and authorisation of SchoolAlerts.ie. In the event of access by another user, SchoolAlerts.ie reserve the right to freeze the account until the Registered User is in contact with SchoolAlerts.ie.

SchoolAlerts.ie is not responsible for changes to, or discontinuance of any alerts through third party companies, bodies or agencies, nor are we responsible for the inaccurate communication of alerts through a linked site, open data site, by that participating company, body or agency. Preferred app channel partners (e.g. Facebook Messenger, Viber and Telegram) use their own terms and conditions and you will have accepted them to become part of their services.

SchoolAlerts.ie reserves the right to change the mode of services through the System from time to time and any such change will be communicated to Registered Users. New features, alert categories and alert delivery channels may be introduced in the future and SchoolAlerts.ie maintains the right to send a single promotional notification to Registered Users to advise them of any such service updates. At no time will any new features or alert types be auto-consented on behalf of the registered user (schools or parents) – the Registered User must log into SchoolAlerts and take action on their account if any new consent is required. SchoolAlerts.ie's registered users maintain the right to modify their account by logging in through the website or smartphone apps to disable features at any time. Registered Users may also request to terminate their SchoolAlerts.ie account through their account area at any time by logging into their account and following “Close Account” links which are prominently displayed throughout.

SchoolAlerts.ie may from time to time directly adjust a member's account upwards or downwards in respect to errors or suspected fraud, for which we have full authority.

SchoolAlerts.ie and Pin Point Alerts Ltd will not be responsible for any loss, damage, inconvenience or consequences howsoever arising, whether directly or indirectly arising as a result of not receiving alerts.

Links to third party sites

Links included within the SchoolAlerts.ie website may let you leave the SchoolAlerts.ie website and enter into other website(s) ("linked site(s)"). These mostly include links to third party app partners with advice to download these apps (e.g. Facebook Messenger, Telegram and VIber). The linked sites are not under the control of SchoolAlerts.ie and SchoolAlerts.ie is not responsible for the contents of any linked sites or any link contained in a linked site or any changes or updates to such sites. SchoolAlerts.ie is not responsible for webcasting or any other form of transmission received from any linked site. SchoolAlerts.ie is only providing these links to you as a convenience to assist your website experience and to steer you to download the apps used by SchoolAlerts.ie.

Advertising other company services

SchoolAlerts.ie reserves the right to include advertisements to other services provided by Pin Point Alerts Ltd as part of the alerts that are issued. This includes "Banner Ads" on the SchoolAlerts.ie website and as part of email alerts issued to Registered Users.

Intellectual Property

You acknowledge that all trade marks, trade names, service marks, rights (registered or unregistered) in any designs, applications for any of the foregoing; trade or business names; innovations, inventions whether or not capable of protection by patent or registration, registered design and topography rights; know-how, including data specifications, drawings and instructions; secret formulae and processes; rights protecting goodwill and reputation; database rights and rights under licences and consents in relation to such things, rights in the nature of unfair competition rights, and rights to sue for passing of and all rights or forms of protection of a similar nature to any of the foregoing or having equivalent effect anywhere in the world; copyright, trade marks and other intellectual property rights in and relating to the SchoolAlerts.ie website (hereinafter referred to as "Intellectual Property") are solely owned by SchoolAlerts.ie (Pin Point Alerts Ltd.). You may not reproduce, publish, transmit, distribute, display, modify, create derivative works from, sell or participate in any sale of, or exploit in any way, in whole or in part, the Intellectual Property. All other trademarks, product names and company logos cited herein are the property of their respective owners.

All data published on SchoolAlerts.ie is subject to copyright and may not be reproduced on any other website without the prior consent of site owners. This includes alert content which is published on the SchoolAlerts.ie website and may not be scraped or copied from the SchoolAlerts.ie website.

All website design, text, graphics, the selection and arrangement thereof and all software are copyright of SchoolAlerts.ie (Pin Point Alerts Limited). These do not include logos and graphics which are the property of SchoolAlerts.ie partners. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Submissions to SchoolAlerts.ie

Where you are invited to submit any contribution to SchoolAlerts.ie (this includes any emails, social media posts, forum postings, photographs, graphics, video or audio) you agree, that by submitting your contribution you are granting SchoolAlerts.ie a perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive, sub-licensable right and the license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform, play, make available to the public, and exercise all copyright and publicity rights with respect to your contribution worldwide and/or to incorporate your contribution in other works in any media now known or later developed for the full term of any rights that may exist in your contribution, and in accordance with privacy restrictions set out in the SchoolAlerts.ie policy at www.schoolalerts.ie/privacy.

Also, by submitting your contribution to SchoolAlerts.ie you declare that your submission is your own original work and that you have the right to make it available to SchoolAlerts.ie for all the purposes specified above. You declare that the submission is not defamatory and does not infringe any law and indemnify SchoolAlerts.ie against all legal fees, damages and other expenses that may be incurred by SchoolAlerts.ie as a result of your breach of the above declaration and waive any moral rights in your contribution for the purposes of its submission to and publication on SchoolAlerts.ie and the purposes specified above. If you do not want to grant to SchoolAlerts.ie the rights set out above, please do not submit your contribution to SchoolAlerts.ie.

Limitation of Liability

SchoolAlerts.ie shall not be liable for any damage, whether direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential relating to the participation or inability to participate in the SchoolAlerts.ie System. Under no conditions and in no event shall SchoolAlerts.ie be liable for any direct or indirect, incidental, consequential, special or exemplary damages or loss howsoever arising, (including but not limited to negligence or breach of this Agreement or otherwise) or for any loss of data, profit, revenue, goodwill or business howsoever caused even if that loss or damage was foreseeable by, or the possibility of it was brought to the attention of SchoolAlerts.ie.

Although rigorous protocols are applied to the website SchoolAlerts.ie does not make any warranty that the website is free from infection by viruses or anything else that has contaminating properties. As stated in the SchoolAlerts Privacy Policy at www.schoolalerts.ie/privacy, “We have put in place reasonable and appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to help safeguard information we collect through SchoolAlerts . However, you should know that no company, including SchoolAlerts or Pin Point Alerts Ltd, can fully eliminate security risks associated with Personally Identifiable Information (PII)”.

SchoolAlerts.ie does not accept any liability for any losses or claims arising from any inability to access the SchoolAlerts.ie website.

Indemnity and waiver

You hereby agree to indemnify and keep indemnified SchoolAlerts.ie its successors and assigns and each of its respective directors, officers, employees and agents from and against any and all liability, damages, losses, claims (including reasonable legal fees) resulting in any way from your use of and from material posted on the SchoolAlerts.ie website or resulting from any breach of this Agreement whether such breach is carried out by you or by any other person through your account, arises out of your data, your use of the SchoolAlerts.ie website, your connection to the SchoolAlerts.ie website or your violation of any third party rights. Furthermore, you hereby acknowledge that any material downloaded or otherwise obtained through the use of the SchoolAlerts.ie website is done at your own discretion and risk and that you waive any right to bring any claim or action against SchoolAlerts.ie or its successors, assigns, directors, officers, employees and agents for any loss, damage or injury arising from use of the SchoolAlerts.ie website or the SchoolAlerts.ie System.

Disclaimer

The materials contained in the SchoolAlerts.ie website may contain inaccuracies and typographical errors. SchoolAlerts.ie does not warrant the accuracy or completeness of the materials or the reliability of any advice, opinion, statement or other information displayed or distributed through the SchoolAlerts.ie website. You acknowledge that any reliance on any such opinion, statement, memorandum or information shall be at your own risk. SchoolAlerts.ie reserves the right in its sole discretion to correct any errors or omissions in any portion of the SchoolAlerts.ie website.

The SchoolAlerts.ie website, the information and material on the SchoolAlerts.ie website are provided "as is" without any representation or warranty, express or implied, of any kind, including, but not limited to warranties of non-infringement or fitness for any particular purpose.

SchoolAlerts.ie does not make any warranty, guarantee nor any representation regarding the quality of, or assurance of any product or service promoted by a School issuing alerts on the service. For example, if a school promotes a local fundraiser then SchoolAlerts.ie is not responsible for any aspect of the fundraising event.

SchoolAlerts.ie shall not be liable for any failure to perform any of its obligations under this Agreement which is caused by matters beyond its reasonable control including but not limited to Acts of God, breakdown of internet services or other computer services, war, strikes, lock-outs and industrial disputes.

Assignment

SchoolAlerts.ie reserves the right to assign or subcontract any or all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement. If SchoolAlerts.ie exercises this right it shall name the assignee or subcontractor on the main screen of the SchoolAlerts.ie website and you will be entitled to terminate this Agreement immediately. You acknowledge that you may not without the prior written consent of SchoolAlerts.ie assign or dispose of your obligations under this Agreement whether in part or in whole.

Term and Termination

You agree to remain bound by this Agreement (or such amended Agreement) for as long as you remain a Registered User (School or Parent) or unless SchoolAlerts.ie terminates, suspends or otherwise limits access. In the event that a Registered User expressly requests to leave the SchoolAlerts.ie System, no further communication will be entered into between SchoolAlerts.ie and the Registered User.

SchoolAlerts.ie reserves the right to terminate the SchoolAlerts.ie System at any time. SchoolAlerts.ie will make every effort to communicate to all Registered Users the termination period, however they will not be held responsible for failing to notify any Registered User regardless of the reasons. The Registered User acknowledges that even if his or her account is terminated, he or she may receive SMS and/or emails from SchoolAlerts.ie for a maximum period of one day. Please review the Privacy Policy at www.schoolalerts.ie/privacy which includes policy details on data retention.

Any fraud or abuse of the SchoolAlerts.ie website, SchoolAlerts.ie System etc. will result in the immediate termination of that Member's account.

Any fraud or abuse of the SchoolAlerts.ie website, SchoolAlerts.ie System etc. or any reason deemed appropriate by SchoolAlerts.ie at its sole discretion will result in the immediate termination of that Member's account.

Modifications to SchoolAlerts.ie website

SchoolAlerts.ie reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue temporarily or permanently, the SchoolAlerts.ie website and/or the SchoolAlerts.ie System (or a part thereof) with or without notice. You agree that SchoolAlerts.ie shall not be liable to you or any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the SchoolAlerts.ie website or SchoolAlerts.ie System. SchoolAlerts.ie shall not be liable to any Member or third party should SchoolAlerts.ie exercise its right to modify or discontinue the SchoolAlerts.ie System.

Notices

All notices given by SchoolAlerts.ie to you will be given by e-mail from an “@SchoolAlerts.ie” email address. by general posting on the SchoolAlerts.ie website, depending on the nature of the notice

Entire Agreement

This Agreement constitutes the entire Agreement between you and SchoolAlerts.ie and supercedes any prior agreements, arrangements, statements and understandings between SchoolAlerts.ie and you.

Waiver

A waiver by SchoolAlerts.ie of any breach by any Registered User of any of the terms, provisions or conditions of this Agreement or the acquiescence of SchoolAlerts.ie to any act (whether of commission or omission) which but for such acquiescence would be a breach as aforesaid shall not constitute a general waiver of such term, provision or condition or of any subsequent act contrary thereto.

No Partnership/Joint Venture

Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as forming a partnership or joint venture with Registered Users and no third party company will have the right or ability to create any obligation on SchoolAlerts.ie's behalf.

Governing Law

This Agreement shall be governed by Irish law and the Member consents to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Irish courts in all matters regarding it.

Invalidity

If at any time any one or more provisions of this Agreement shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.

Disputes

All questions or disputes regarding the SchoolAlerts.ie System, including without limitation, questions regarding participation must be submitted by within 30 days of the query where applicable, to Pin Point Alerts Limited at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.